Psalm 143
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1Hear my prayer, O LORD; listen to my plea! Answer me because you are faithful and righteous.1Hear my prayer, O LORD; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!
2Don’t put your servant on trial, for no one is innocent before you.2Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.
3My enemy has chased me. He has knocked me to the ground and forces me to live in darkness like those in the grave.3For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
4I am losing all hope; I am paralyzed with fear.4Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled.
5I remember the days of old. I ponder all your great works and think about what you have done.5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; I ponder the work of your hands.
6I lift my hands to you in prayer. I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. Interlude6I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah
7Come quickly, LORD, and answer me, for my depression deepens. Don’t turn away from me, or I will die.7Answer me quickly, O LORD! My spirit fails! Hide not your face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the pit.
8Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk, for I give myself to you.8Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.
9Rescue me from my enemies, LORD; I run to you to hide me.9Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD! I have fled to you for refuge.
10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your gracious Spirit lead me forward on a firm footing.10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!
11For the glory of your name, O LORD, preserve my life. Because of your faithfulness, bring me out of this distress.11For your name’s sake, O LORD, preserve my life! In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble!
12In your unfailing love, silence all my enemies and destroy all my foes, for I am your servant.12And in your steadfast love you will cut off my enemies, and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul, for I am your servant.
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Psalm 142
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